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Monday, October 19, 2015

Week 9 PrepNation National Prep Football Poll

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D.C. Party Crashers

Gonzaga's win over DeMatha shakes up Top 25

The National Prep Football
Poll is compiled by Jamie DeMoney of XOS Digital with input from sportswriters,
experts, and coaches. The Week 9 national Top 25 and regional Top 15's follow
with current won-loss records:

NATIONAL
TOP 25

1.
St. John Bosco HS (Bellflower, Calif.),
7-0 (Last week: 1)

2.
Bishop Gorman HS (Las Vegas),
8-0 (2)

3.
Colquitt County HS (Moultrie, Ga.),
8-0 (3)

4.
Centennial HS (Corona, Calif.),
7-0 (4)

5.
Allen HS (Texas), 7-0 (5)

6.
Cedar Hill HS (Texas), 7-0
(7)

7.
Trinity HS (Euless, Texas),
7-0 (9)

8.
De La Salle HS (Concord, Calif.),
6-1 (12)

9.
Ocean Lakes HS (Virginia Beach, Va.),
7-0 (11)

10.
Katy HS (Texas), 7-0 (14)

11.
IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.),
6-0 (10)

12.
Clay-Chalkville HS (Pinson, Ala.),
8-0 (15)

13.
Grayson HS (Loganville, Ga.),
8-0 (16)

14.
South Panola HS (Batesville, Miss.),
8-0 (18)

15.
Jenks HS (Okla.), 6-0 (19)

16.
Gonzaga HS (Washington),
7-0 (NR)

17.
Mater Dei HS (Santa Ana, Calif.),
6-1 (17)

18.
Chandler HS (Ariz.), 7-1
(20)

19.
St. Edward HS (Lakewood, Ohio),
7-1 (22)

20.
DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.),
6-1 (6)

21.
Male HS (Louisville, Ky.),
8-0 (21)

22.
Gilman School (Baltimore),
7-1 (23)

23.
Wayne HS (Huber Heights, Ohio),
8-0 (24)

24.
Steele HS (Cibolo, Texas),
8-0 (25)

25.
American Heritage HS (Plantation, Fla.), 6-1 (8)

Dropped
out: Spartanburg (S.C.)
13

NORTHEAST
REGION

1. Archbishop Wood HS (Warminster, Pa.),
7-0 (Last week: 1)

2. Woodland Hills HS (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 7-0
(2)

3. Bergen Catholic HS (Oradell, N.J.), 4-2
(4)

4. St. Joseph Regional HS (Montvale,
N.J.), 5-2 (6)

5. Don Bosco Prep HS (Ramsey, N.J.), 4-2
(7)

6. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia), 5-2
(NR)

7. Xaverian Brothers HS (Westwood,
Mass.), 6-0 (5)

8. Aquinas Institute (Rochester, N.Y.), 6-0
(9)

9. Archbishop Stepinac HS (White Plains,
N.Y.), 6-0 (10)

10. La Salle College (Wyndmoor, Pa.), 3-3
(3)

11. Southington HS (Conn.), 5-0 (11)

12. Upper Dublin (Fort Washington, Pa.),
7-0 (12)

13. Central Dauphin HS (Harrisburg,
Pa.), 7-0 (13)

14. Marshfield HS (Mass.), 6-0 (14)

15. Pine-Richland HS (Gibsonia, Pa.), 7-0
(15)

EAST
COAST REGION

1. Ocean Lakes HS (Virginia Beach, Va.),
7-0 (2)

2. Gonzaga HS (Washington), 7-0 (NR)

3. DeMatha HS (Hyattsville, Md.), 6-1
(1)

4. Gilman School (Baltimore), 7-1 (4)

5. Bird HS (Chesterfield, Va.), 7-0 (5)

6. Lake Taylor HS (Norfolk, Va.), 7-0 (6)

7. Scotland HS (Laurinburg, N.C.), 8-0 (8)

8. Spartanburg HS (S.C.), 7-1 (3)

9. Byrnes HS (Duncan. S.C.), 7-1 (7)

10. Northwestern HS (Rock Hill, S.C.), 7-1
(9)

11. Westside HS (Anderson, S.C.), 8-0 (10)

12. Charlotte Catholic HS (N.C.), 7-0 (11)

13. Damascus HS (Md.), 7-0 (12)

14. Lake Braddock HS (Burke, Va.), 7-0
(13)

15. Cabell Midland HS (Ona, W.Va.), 8-0
(15)

SOUTHEAST
REGION

1. Colquitt County HS (Moultrie, Ga.), 8-0
(1)

2. IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.), 6-0 (3)

3. Clay-Chalkville HS (Pinson, Ala.), 8-0
(4)

4. Grayson HS (Loganville, Ga.), 8-0 (5)

5. South Panola HS (Batesville, Miss.), 8-0
(6)

6. American Heritage HS (Plantation,
Fla.), 6-1 (2)

7. Trinity Christian Academy
(Jacksonville, Fla.), 7-0 (7)

8. Archer HS (Lawrenceville, Ga.), 6-1 (8)

9. Maryville HS (Tenn.), 8-0 (9)

10. Archbishop Rummel HS (Metairie,
La.), 6-1 (10)

11. Roswell HS (Ga.), 7-0 (14)

12. Spanish Fort HS (Ala.), 8-0 (11)

13. West Monroe HS (La.), 7-0 (12)

14. Opelika HS (Ala.), 9-0 (13)

15. St. Thomas Aquinas HS (Fort
Lauderdale, Fla.), 6-1 (NR)

MIDWEST
REGION

1. St. Edward HS (Lakewood, Ohio), 7-1 (2)

2. Male HS (Louisville, Ky.), 8-0 (1)

3. Wayne HS (Huber Heights, Ohio), 8-0 (3)

4. Center Grove HS (Greenwood, Ind.), 9-0
(11)

5. La Salle HS (Cincinnati), 7-1 (4)

6. Colerain HS (Cincinnati), 7-1 (5)

7. Carmel HS (Ind.), 7-2 (14)

8. Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 8-0
(8)

9. Homewood-Flossmoor HS (Flossmoor,
Ill.), 8-0 (9)

10. King HS (Detroit), 8-0 (10)

11. Mona Shores HS (Norton Shores,
Mich.), 8-0 (NR)

12. Trinity HS (Louisville, Ky.), 8-1 (12)

13. Saline HS (Mich.), 8-0 (13)

14. Warren Central HS (Indianapolis),
6-3 (NR)

15. St. Xavier HS (Cincinnati), 5-3 (6)

MIDLANDS
REGION

1. Christian Brothers HS (St. Louis), 9-0
(1)

2. Bingham HS (South Jordan, Utah), 8-1
(2)

3. Webb City HS (Mo.), 9-0 (3)

4. Eden Prairie HS (Minn.), 9-0 (4)

5. Blue Springs South HS (Mo.), 9-0 (8)

6. Columbine HS (Littleton, Colo.), 7-0
(9)

7. Lawrence HS (Kan.), 7-0 (10)

8. Francis Howell HS (St. Charles, Mo.),
9-0 (6)

9. Lone Peak HS (Highland, Utah), 9-0 (11)

10. Dowling Catholic HS (West Des
Moines, Iowa), 7-0 (12)

11. Millard West HS (Omaha, Neb.), 8-0
(13)

12. Cherry Creek HS (Greenwood Village,
Colo.), 6-1 (5)

13. Sky View HS (Smithfield, Utah), 9-0
(14)

14. Staley HS (Kansas City, Mo.), 8-1
(15)

15. Coeur d’Alene HS (Idaho), 7-1 (NR)

SOUTHWEST
REGION

1. Bishop Gorman HS (Las Vegas), 8-0 (1)

2. Allen HS (Texas), 7-0 (2)

3. Cedar Hill HS (Texas), 7-0 (3)

4. Trinity HS (Euless, Texas), 7-0 (4)

5. Katy HS (Texas), 7-0 (5)

6. Jenks HS (Okla.), 6-0 (6)

7. Chandler HS (Ariz.), 7-1 (7)

8. Steele HS (Cibolo, Texas), 8-0 (8)

9. Klein Collins HS (Spring, Texas), 7-0 (9)

10. Hamilton HS (Chandler, Ariz.), 9-0 (10)

11. Lake Travis HS (Austin, Texas), 7-0 (12)

12. Westlake HS (Austin, Texas), 7-0 (13)

13. Westfield HS (Houston), 6-1 (14)

14. Manvel HS (Texas), 6-1 (15)

15. Har-Ber HS (Springdale, Ark.), 6-1 (NR)

WEST
COAST REGION

1. St. John Bosco HS (Bellflower,
Calif.), 7-0 (1)

2. Centennial HS (Corona, Calif.), 6-0
(2)

3. De La Salle HS (Concord, Calif.), 6-1
(3)

4. Mater Dei HS (Santa Ana, Calif.), 6-1
(4)

5. Serra HS (Gardena, Calif.), 7-1 (6)

6. Bishop Amat HS (La Puente, Calif.), 6-2
(7)

7. Eastside Catholic HS (Bellevue,
Wash.), 7-0 (8)

8. Mission Viejo HS (Calif.), 8-0 (9)

9. Folsom HS (Calif.), 7-0 (12)

10. Elk Grove HS (Calif.), 7-0 (13)

11. Jesuit HS (Portland, Ore.), 7-0 (10)

12. Bellevue HS (Wash.), 5-1 (11)

13. Long Beach Poly HS (Calif.), 5-2 (5)

14. Clayton Valley HS (Concord, Calif.),
6-1 (NR)

15. Mililani HS (Hawaii), 9-1 (15)

RECAPPING
THE RANKINGS

Top
Five Storylines

1.
Gonzaga derails DeMatha’s dream season: Any glimmer of hope DeMatha had for national-title talk
this season was extinguished with a 24-14 ESPN2-televised loss to unbeaten Gonzaga
(D.C.). The Stags tumbled 14 spots in the rankings to No. 20 while Gonzaga
entered the Top 25 at No. 16. The upset also caused collateral damage to
American Heritage (Plantation), which fell 17 spots to No. 25. The Patriots
lost at home to DeMatha last month.

2.
Top-ranked St. John Bosco gets key league win: In the lone game last week between Top
25 teams, the No. 1 Braves doubled up on No. 17 Mater Dei, 42-21, and took sole
possession of first place in the Trinity League. Washington commit Sean McGrew
led the way with a season-high 218 rushing yards.

3.
LB Poly not match for DLS: An
anticipated NorCal-versus-SoCal showdown of perennial powers quickly evolved
into a one-sided rout as No. 8 De La Salle suffocated regionally ranked Long
Beach Poly, 52-6. Poly was held to only 83 yards of total offense.

4.
Boiling Springs stuns Spartanburg: Gonzaga’s
win over DeMatha was a stunner, but not as surprising as then-No. 13
Spartanburg losing to Boiling Springs, 20-13. Although it now has three straight
wins, Boiling Springs’ record is still only 4-4 this season.

5.
Defense powers Center Grove up the rankings: It there was a 26th spot available in this week’s
national rankings, it might belong to the Trojans who closed out their first
unbeaten regular season in 17 years with a tough 7-0 win over state power
Indianapolis Cathedral. It’s the first time the Fighting Irish have been shut
out since Aug. 20, 2004.

5.
A performance to Ponder:
Bells (Texas) quarterback Derrick Ponder passed for 622 yards along with seven
touchdowns in a 62-36 win over Chico. The feat ranks 17th on the list for
single-game passing yards, according to the National High School Sports Record
Book.

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